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D. H. HULL & J. S. OGDEN.

MACHINE FOR GLEANSING, COLORING, AND FLAVORING IGARs. No. 268,795. Patented Dec. 12, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Uairran STATES PATENT OFF CE.

DAVID H. HULL, OF SYRACUSE, AND JAMES S. OGDEN, OF BlN-GEIAMTON,

NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR CLEANSING, COLORING. AND FLAVORING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,795, dated December 12, 1882.

Application filed July 13,1882. (No model.)

Be it known that we, DAVID H.'HULL and JAMES S. OGDEN, residing respectively at Syracuse, Onondaga county, and Binghamton, Broome county, State of New York, have jointly invented an Improved Machine for Cleans in g, Coloring, and Flavoring Cigars, of which the following is a specification.

Our inventionis an improved machine, constructed as fully described hereinafter, .for coloring, flavoring, and cleansingcigars, whereby the liability of the cigar to become broken or injured while being treated is reduced, and the cleansing, coloring, and flavoring of the same are greatly facilitated and improved.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of Fig. 1, looking from the side of the machine on which the gears are located. Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are respectively a plan, transverse section, and sectional plan, of the sponge-receptacle.

G is a rectangular casing or frame of any suitable construction, supporting bearings for shafts a a, which are arranged in pairs, one

i above the other, at equal distances apart, The

ends of the shafts a a project beyond the easin g and carry pinions B, gearing together and with intermediate pinions, B, so that all the shafts will turn in unison.

Centrally mounted upon each shaft to a, and turning therewith, is a roll, A, preferably of rubber or other yielding material, or coated therewith, and having a central annular depression, d, Fig. 3, which, in connection with the depression of its companion roll, adords sufficient space for the introduction longitudinally of a cigar. One of each pair of rolls A is mounted in yielding bearings 11, so as to ad mit of the passage of cigars of different thicknesses without crushing any.

Below each pair of rolls, with the exception of the last, is a circular receptacle, C, having a central perforation or passage, 0, and which may be divided radially by partitions f f into a number of apartments, 9 g, open toward the passage 0, each holding a sponge, s 8, brush,

or other suitable coating device, the end of which projects into the passage e,'andsaturated with either a coloring or flavoring liquid. The partitions hold the separate sponges in place and permit the removal of any without disturbing the others. The bottom D of each receptacle 0 is detachable therefrom, so as to facilitate access for the saturation and renewal of the sponges, and carries an elastic rubber sheet or disk, 71., having a perforation concentrio with the passage 6 of the. receptacle, but somewhat smaller.

One of the shafts a of the top pair of rolls carries a Y pulley, H, which is driven by hand the crushing or breaking of the cigar, which passes successively between the various pairs of'rolls and opposite the various sponges,

which in the first couple of receptacles are preferably saturated with the coloring-liquid, those in the remaining receptacles being saturated with the flavoring agent. which liquid and agent are therefore applied to the external surface of the cigar.

As it is desirable to remove the superfluous coloring or flavoring liquid from the cigar before it passes from each receptacle C, the perforated elastic disk D is used, acting as a flexible scraper or wiper, the cigar passing through the central opening, which is distended to permit this.

We do not confine ourselves to-the exact construction shown, as the same is subjectto modification and change without departing from the spirit of our invention. Thus it will be apparent that the stripper-disk D may be used instead of the elastic stripper.

We are aware that it has been proposed to It will be obvious that by employing a series of rolls and receptacles, all sides and parts of the cigar can be thoroughly coated, and, as is sometimes desired, different coatings of different materials may be successively applied.

. We claim 1. The combination, in a cigar coloring or flavoring machine, of series of feed-rolls A A, mounted in pairs in a frame, devices for rotatin g the same, and series of intermediate receptacles 0, containing the coloring 0r flavoring agent, arranged substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a cigar coloring, flavoring, and cleansing machine, of aseries of pairs of rolls, A A, having the depressions d, intermediate chambers, O, carrying sponge or its equivalent containing the coloring or flavoring agent, and a stripper for removing the superfluous agent from the cigars, substantially as set forth. 7

, In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID H. HULL. JAMES S. OGDEN. \Vitnesses:

WM. R001), P. F. \IAGRATH. 

